RB: You got married in your mom's wedding dress. What else did you take from her other than her dress?ML: "Divorce is not an option." She's said that my whole life. It rings in my ears. She and my dad actually were divorced. They got married when she had just turned 20. And they were divorced when she was 24.RB: How long were they divorced?ML: Not even a year. She [found out she] was pregnant with me on the weekend their divorce was final, and they got remarried on their same anniversary. It's crazy. But when they got remarried, she was a different person. She was like, All right, it's not about me anymore. And so she just said, "Divorce is not an option. We will fight it out." Blake's mom and dad were divorced early, and he's had a couple of stepmoms and a couple of stepdads, so it's two different sides.RB: And his first marriage didn't work out. How do you feel about that?ML: Divorce is not an option! I will fight to the death. I am a ninja. [Laughs]RB: A marriage ninja!ML: The first year was really hard. We had all that loss, he lived in Hollywood and I was on the road, and now all of a sudden he's on The Voice and there's freakin' paparazzi. It was also seven years together, so the seven-year "ache." It was like, "What else? Bring it on!" [Laughs]RB: Did you ever have a moment where you were like, "I don't know if we're going to make it"?ML: I mean, a million. I remember our first-year anniversary, it was like, "Ahh, we made it. Thank the Lord we can really start now!" It's been great since then.
